Interdisciplinary Mathematics Education The State of the Art and Beyond

This open access book is the first major publication on the topic of “Interdisciplinary Mathematics Education” and arose from the work of the first International Topic Study Group of the same name at the ICME-13 conference in Hamburg in 2016. It offers extensive theoretical insights, empirical research, and practitioner accounts of interdisciplinary mathematics work in STEM and beyond (e.g. in music and the arts). 

Scholars and practitioners from four continents contributed to this comprehensive book, and present studies on: the conceptualizations of interdisciplinarity; implementation cases at schools and tertiary institutions; teacher education; and implications for policy and practice. Each chapter, and the book itself, closes with an assessment of the most significant aspects that those involved in policy and practice, as well as future researchers, should take into account. 

Introduction

Brian Doig, Deakin University

Julian Williams, University of Manchester 

SECTION 1: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS 

Julian Williams, University of Manchester (Section Editor)

Introduction

Julian Williams, University of Manchester

Theoretical Perspectives on Interdisciplinary Mathematics

Julian Williams, University of Manchester, and Wolff-Michael Roth, University of Vic, Canada

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Between Musicians and Mathematicians: An Experience with Stochastic Music

M. Alicia Venegas-Thayer, Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso 

Challenges and Opportunities STEM Interdisciplinary Agenda 

Russell Tytler, Linda Hobbs, Gaye Williams, & Julie Anderson, Deakin University

SECTION 2: FOCUS ON CROSS-CUTTING SKILLS 

Pat Drake, Victoria University (Section Editor) 

Introduction

Pat Drake, Victoria University 

Using Scientific Hypothesis in Interdisciplinary Maths Activities

Andrzej Sokolowski, Lone Star College 

Quantitative Reasoning and its Role in Interdisciplinarity from a Mathematical Perspective

Robert Mayes, Georgia Southern University 

Modelling and Programming of Digital Video: A Source for the Integration of Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology

Carlos LópezLeiva, Marios Pattichis, Sylvia Celedón-Pattichis, University of New Mexico

SECTION 3: CASE STUDIES OF INTERDISCIPLINARITY IN PRACTICE          

David Swanson, University of Manchester (Section Editor)

Introduction

David Swanson, University of Manchester 

Den Braber, Krüger, Mazereeuw, & Kuiper 

Maite Gorriz, Santi Vilches, Fundació Jaume Bofill, Catalonia 

Linda Hobbs et al., Deakin University 

“Draw What You See”: Transcending The Mathematics Classroom

Signe E. Kastberg, Purdue University, Rachel Long, Central Elementary School Kathleen Lynch-Davis, Coastal Carolina University. 

Brian Doig Deakin University, Wendy Jobling, Deakin University.

SECTION 4: TEACHER EDUCATION AND TEACHER DEVELOPMENT

Rita Boromeo Ferri Section Editor

Introduction

Rita Borromeo Ferri, University of Kassel 

Inclusion of Interdisciplinary Approach in Biology Teacher Trainees Mathematics Education in Slovakia

Ivana Bobonová, Sona Ceretková, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia

Preparing STEM Teachers as Researchers: A Research Experiences for Undergraduates ProJect

Jennifer Wilhelm, Molly H. Fisher, University of Kentucky 

SECTION 5: CONCLUSION

 IdME – a Conclusion

Brian Doig, Deakin University

Julian Williams, University of Manchester